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1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. “I assure you: Anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. But the one who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep listen to his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. When he puts all his own sheep outside, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.” And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. However, a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Jesus told them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them meant.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. So Jesus said again, “I assure you: I am the door of the sheep. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock.
13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, “I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me, I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. I am the good shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me,
15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice; and they will become one flock, with one shepherd.
17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it back.
18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father.” No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back. This commandment I received from My Father.”
19 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. Again a division took place among the Jews because of these words. There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. Dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?” And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? Others were saying, “These are not the words of one who is demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of those who are blind, can it?”
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem;
23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area, in the portico of Solomon.
24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. The Jews then surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, “I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me.
26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish—ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.” The Father and I are one.” I and my Father are one. I and the Father are one.”
31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?|” Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? Jesus replied to them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”
33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” We aren’t stoning You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God.” The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your scripture, I said, you are gods? Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law: ‘I SAID, YOU ARE GODS’?
35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— If He called those whom the word of God came to ‘gods—and the Scripture cannot be broken— If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be nullified),
36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? do you say, You are blaspheming to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God? Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? are you saying of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; If I am not doing My Father’s works, don’t believe Me. If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.” But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. but if I do them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”
39 Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands. Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp. Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, Therefore they were seeking again to arrest Him, and He eluded their grasp.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. So He departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there. And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He stayed there.
41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” Many came to Him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. Many came to Him and were saying, “While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true.”
42 And many believed in him there. And many believed in Him there. And many believed on him there. And many believed in Him there.
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